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Dict: easton - Neck



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Neck @ used sometimes figuratively. To "lay down the neck" kjv@Romans:16:4) is to hazard one's life. Threatenings of coming judgments are represented by the prophets by their laying bands upon the people's necks kjv@Deuteronomy:28:48; kjv@Isaiah:10:27; kjv@Jeremiah:27:2). Conquerors put their feet on the necks of their enemies as a sign of their subjection kjv@Joshua:10:24; kjv@2Samuel:22:41).